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Fighting for life every Saturday
BY PABLO BOTEYO STAFF WRITER Jan. 22, 1973, the day of the United States Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, is a date that resonates in the hearts of many students, families, church members and others throughout America. It is the day a struggle started, a struggle for lives that we did not know […]
Scott Hahn focuses on petitions of Our Father at Student Leadership Conference
BY ELIJAH SIMON AND DANIEL KIM STAFF WRITERS Franciscan University hosted the Student Leadership Conference that aimed to give necessary training and direction to the future leaders of the church on January 16-17. Scott Hahn, who holds a doctorate in systematic theology and has taught at Franciscan University for 25 years, and his wife, Kimberly […]
Club holds State of the Union watch party
BY RACHEL DEL GUIDICE CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST At least 50 students attended a State of the Union watch party hosted by Franciscan University’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom on January 20. Tommy Valentine, president of YAF, and vice president, Tom Gaudet greeted students and shared about the mission of the organization. YAF is a […]
Sharing courage through testimony: Prodigal Daughter Ministries
BY MATTHEW EBBERWEIN STAFF WRITER Feminism, abortion, human trafficking and abuse are a few of the topics addressed by Prodigal Daughter Ministries, the blog run by a speaker, retreat leader and theology and catechetics major at Franciscan University. Mary Beth Vernau created Prodigal Daughter Ministries as a starting point to focus her ministerial career for […]
Finnegan Fieldhouse renovations nearly complete
BY SARAH ALLISON STAFF WRITER With the opening of the second floor of Franciscan University’s Finnegan Fieldhouse, the campus gym’s renovations, with the exception of the Baron Lounge, are nearly finished. Students have flooded in to take advantage of the new spaces and services offered in the renovated Fieldhouse. The fitness center focuses on mind, […]
Wellness Center provides health, counseling services
BY PABLO BOTEYO STAFF WRITER Wellness is defined as being in good physical and mental health, and that is only the beginning of what the Wellness Center at Franciscan wishes to promote in the student body through both health and counseling services. “What they’re trying to do on the health services side is to be […]
Radio host broadcasts from campus
BY ELIJAH SIMON STAFF WRITER There are plenty of Catholic men and women on the grounds of Franciscan University, but this past week there was only one Catholic Guy anyone was talking about when Lino Rulli visited the campus. Rulli is an Emmy Award winning ex-television host now radio host of the ‘The Catholic Guy’ […]
Franciscan senior institutes new pornography addiction program
BY PABLO BOTEYO STAFF WRITER The twelve steps are something every person who deals with an addiction that resonated in their life knows very well. Thirty-three days is the amount it takes to consecrate oneself to the Virgin Mary. However, they are not often put together because one deals with the psychological aspect and the […]
Two Franciscan seniors create ‘Franciscan University: The Musical’
BY MELISSA SOLANO STAFF WRITER “Franciscan University: The Musical” has been causing waves of anticipation all over campus. Pitched as a humorous musical depicting an exaggerated version of life here at Franciscan, the musical is the brainchild of senior students David Sheehy and Anna Albrittain. Sheehy says that the inspiration for the musical arose from […]
Schola Cantorum and Chorale enchants Franciscan with German composers
BY MATTHEW EBBERWEIN STAFF WRITER An audience that filled Christ the King Chapel on Friday night was taken into the musical world of old Germanic tradition as Franciscan University’s very own Schola Cantorum and Chorale ensembles performed their Autumn concert. The concert, which was directed by Professor Nicholas Will, included pieces by 18th and 19th […]